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Metadata cascade policy

A metadata cascade policy automatically applies a metadata template instance to all the files and folders within the targeted folder.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id string The ID of the metadata cascade policy object
type string `metadata_cascade_policy`
owner_enterprise object The enterprise that owns this policy.
parent object Represent the folder the policy is applied to.
scope string The scope of the metadata cascade policy can either be `global` or `enterprise_*`. The `global` scope is used for policies that are available to any Box enterprise. The `enterprise_*` scope represents
templateKey string The key of the template that is cascaded down to the folder's children. In many cases the template key is automatically derived of its display name, for example `Contract Template` would become `contr
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JSON Schema

box-metadatacascadepolicy-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/MetadataCascadePolicy",
  "title": "Metadata cascade policy",
  "type": "object",
  "x-box-resource-id": "metadata_cascade_policy",
  "x-box-tag": "metadata_cascade_policies",
  "description": "A metadata cascade policy automatically applies a metadata template instance\nto all the files and folders within the targeted folder.",
  "required": [
    "id",
    "type"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "6fd4ff89-8fc1-42cf-8b29-1890dedd26d7",
      "description": "The ID of the metadata cascade policy object"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "`metadata_cascade_policy`",
      "example": "metadata_cascade_policy",
      "enum": [
        "metadata_cascade_policy"
      ]
    },
    "owner_enterprise": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The enterprise that owns this policy.",
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "enterprise",
          "description": "`enterprise`",
          "enum": [
            "enterprise"
          ]
        },
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "690678",
          "description": "The ID of the enterprise that owns the policy."
        }
      }
    },
    "parent": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Represent the folder the policy is applied to.",
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "folder",
          "description": "`folder`",
          "enum": [
            "folder"
          ]
        },
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "1234567",
          "description": "The ID of the folder the policy is applied to."
        }
      }
    },
    "scope": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The scope of the metadata cascade policy can either be `global` or\n`enterprise_*`. The `global` scope is used for policies that are\navailable to any Box enterprise. The `enterprise_*` scope represents\npolicies that have been created within a specific enterprise, where `*`\nwill be the ID of that enterprise.",
      "example": "enterprise_123456"
    },
    "templateKey": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "productInfo",
      "description": "The key of the template that is cascaded down to the folder's\nchildren.\n\nIn many cases the template key is automatically derived\nof its display name, for example `Contract Template` would\nbecome `contractTemplate`. In some cases the creator of the\ntemplate will have provided its own template key.\n\nPlease [list the templates for an enterprise][list], or\nget all instances on a [file][file] or [folder][folder]\nto inspect a template's key.\n\n[list]: e://get-metadata-templates-enterprise\n[file]: e://get-files-id-metadata\n[folder]: e://get-folders-id-metadata"
    }
  }
}

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